Luu's brain was tickled once again. Kona brought up in her fanart thread that the debate of whether or not Duran and Kiyohime are male/female is on-going. It's high time we debate it now or at least give our thoughts.

Some of the CHILDs are obvious with what gender they are, because of names like Hari, Diana, etc. Then there are CHILDs like Duran, Kiyohime and Gennai who could be anything. IMO, Duran is a male. Only because I'm going to use the weakest argument in the book: Natsuki's childhood dog, Duran, was a male (Right? Oh gawd, I hope I'm right. XD ) If that's the connection SUNRISE made, then that pretty much confirms it.

What do you guys think?

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Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

Duran has always been a boy in my book. and I thin in Natsuki's Prelude when she first awakened him she referred to Duran as a him. That and Duran as a doggy was a male. xD So I've always thought of his as a male.

As for Kiyohime...That one will forever stump me. I figure Kiyohime in the legend was a girl, so maybe it's a girl, but then everytime I try to personify Kiyohime it turns out like a boy. -headdesk- it's a mystery.

Mai's CHILD as well I think is a guy. Just a gut feeling though xD Gennai as well. Because...I can't see that toad being female. I just...can't.

Thanks to folklore stories, I'll stick to Kiyohime being female until I get a convincing argument. lol

Gennai could be anything when you think about it. Aren't there frogs that can spontaneously change sex from male to female and vice versa?

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Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

True...and since it's the CHILD of a ninja...mayeb Gennai's a Ninja toad that changes gender at will? That would settle that. xD And make for some excellent shenanigans explaining it to my friends. A Ninja transvestite toad. Who happens to be robotic. That'll be a face I won't like to miss.

Given the fact that Yukariko is always surrounded by males, I'll accept the horsey as a male.

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Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

i always went by their precious person's gender. i mean, i have a female dog and i call her a him all the time, because dogs/wolves are just manly.

Cat = girlsDogs = boy

so to me it works out that way. Natsuki calling Duran a "him or he" could just be what was left of her childhood coming to the surface as well.

but if we're being technical, i haven't seen a penis on any of them! so they are either all female or they are the representation of their person. if we're going to be safe, we could just say they're more like machines and can't breed so gender really doesn't matter if you can't make babies

RedEyedWolf wrote:but if we're being technical, i haven't seen a penis on any of them!

My, I think you're right but I don't believe Sunrise take the time for drawing that (if there are any of course)

RedEyedWolf wrote:so they are either all female or they are the representation of their person. if we're going to be safe, we could just say they're more like machines and can't breed so gender really doesn't matter if you can't make babies

Well, she or he I'm not sure yet but maybe it's safe to refer them as it, until we have more info... and maybe this can be of help

SUNRISE didn't even bother drawing penises on the SLAVES from Mai-Otome and some of them shot things out of their crotch! Like the very first one that took on Shizuru Viola. XD

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Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

Nothing to do with CHILD penises, I just wanna comment on SUNRISE's laziness. There are times when the art looks funny in both Mai-series. ^^; Normal in anime, just ask Toei Animation in their Sailor Moon days. Rarely any consistency in art and I'm not referring to their rotating team of artists either. Same with SUNRISE, although it's significantly less.

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Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

RedEyedWolf wrote:i think RedEyedPuppy wins this round thank you <3 *because duran would be a sexy girl in human form*

Yes she does, there's really no point arguing with a sexy piece of ass like you.

*thinks of Duran as a human girl* Hey, not bad. o_o

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Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

*laugh* Did someone go into Fuuka and pull up the Childs' skirts? lmao

Someone's been hanging around Ian Malcom...

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Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.

Mai-X-ProjectThe law of physics: Whenever there's this much gay in one room, Shizuru manifests!When Shizuru said "Ara" for the first time, the "Ara" broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.